Clinical performance and quality health care
Volume 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 142-146

Behind the physician licensure numbers: false impressions, retirement crisis, and migration. (Article)

Olchanski V.* , Marsland D.W. , Rossiter L.F. , Johnson R.E.
  • a Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States
  • b Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States
  • c Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States
  • d Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States

Abstract

This communication examines the supply of primary-care physicians at the state level. It shows that the number of actively practicing physicians is considerably less than the number of licensed physicians; the age distribution of primary-care physicians has a bulge in the ages younger than 50, and this bulge may lead in the near future to an unexpected increase in physician attrition due to retirement; and, at the state level, migration may be playing the dominant role in determining the total supply of primary-care physicians.

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Medically Underserved Area health care planning licensing statistics general practitioner Licensure, Medical United States health care manpower Health Manpower Physicians, Family Virginia Article manpower migration age distribution Transients and Migrants rural health care primary health care Rural Health Services
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ISSN: 10630279
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English